Breeding for disease resistance has been one of the most important research objectives in melon last few decades. Fusarium wilt caused by oxysporum f. sp. melonis (Fom) is among threatening fungal diseases along Mediterranean coast, affecting yield and quality. Since genetic best sustainable strategies that can be used to control this pathogen, 27 Tunisian accessions collected from local farmer...

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the anti-oxidant properties in methanolic extract of Leaves and fruit of cucumies melo () The methanol leaf extract noticed significant scavenging activity on DPPH, superoxide, nitric oxide , hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical. The total phenolic compounds were found to be high with leaves rather than the flesh of fruit.

This study investigated whether a jasmonic acid (JA) elicitation strategy developed in a conventional cell suspension culture could evoke melon resistance mechanisms, including secondary metabolite production. Twenty one day cultured melon cell suspensions grown in MS1 medium were supplemented with JA at the concentrations of 0.5, 5.0 and 10 μmol. Melon cultures were sampled 24, 48 and 72 h pos...

Fresh-cut cantaloupe cubes were placed in film-sealed containers in which the internal gas mixture was attained naturally (nMAP), was flushed with 4 kPa O 2 plus 10 kPa CO 2 (fMAP), or was maintained near atmospheric levels by perforating the film (PFP). While both nMAP and fMAP maintained the salable quality of melon cubes for 9 d at 5 C, fMAP maintained quality better than nMAP. The benefit o...

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